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Verse	Translation	Text
2Ki 12:4	Strong Concordance	And Jehoash [03060] said [0559] to the priests [03548], All the money [03701] of the dedicated things [06944] that is brought [0935] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], even the money [03701] of every one [0376] that passeth [05674] the account, the money [03701] that every man [05315] is set at [06187], and all the money [03701] that cometh [05927] into any man's [0376] heart [03820] to bring [0935] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068],
	King James	And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Jehoash said to the priests, &c.--There is here given an account of the measures which the young king took for repairing the temple by the levying of taxes: 1. "The money of every one that passeth the account," namely, half a shekel, as "an offering to the Lord" (Exo 30:13). 2. "The money that every man is set at," that is, the redemption price of every one who had devoted himself or any thing belonging to him to the Lord, and the amount of which was estimated according to certain rules (Lev 27:1-8). 3. Free will or voluntary offerings made to the sanctuary. The first two were paid annually (see Ch2 24:5).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Jehoash said to the priests, &c.--There is here given an account of the measures which the young king took for repairing the temple by the levying of taxes: 1. "The money of every one that passeth the account," namely, half a shekel, as "an offering to the Lord" (Exo 30:13). 2. "The money that every man is set at," that is, the redemption price of every one who had devoted himself or any thing belonging to him to the Lord, and the amount of which was estimated according to certain rules (Lev 27:1-8). 3. Free will or voluntary offerings made to the sanctuary. The first two were paid annually (see Ch2 24:5).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
It is remarkable that the first movement toward restoring the fabric of the temple should have come, not from Jehoiada, but from Jehoash (compare Ch2 24:4). Jehoiada had, it seems, allowed the mischief done in Athaliah's time to remain unrepaired during the whole term of his government. The money of every one ... - Three kinds of sacred money are here distinguished - first, the half shekel required in the Law Exo 30:13 to be paid by every one above twenty years of age when he passed the numbering; secondly, the money to be paid by such as had devoted themselves, or those belonging to them, by vow to Yahweh, which was a variable sum dependent on age, sex, and property Lev 27:2-8; and thirdly, the money offered in the way of free-will offerings.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
(5-17). Repairing of the temple (cf. Ch2 24:5-14). - Kg2 12:4, Kg2 12:5. That the temple, which had fallen into ruins, might be restored, Joash ordered the priests to collect all the money of the consecrated gifts, that was generally brought into the house of the Lord, and to effect therewith all the repairs that were needed in the temple. The general expression הקּדשׁים כּסף, money of the holy gifts, i.e., money derived from holy gifts, is more specifically defined by וגו עובר כּסף, according to which it consisted of three kinds of payments to the temple: viz., (1) עובר כּסף, i.e., money of persons mustered (or numbered in the census); עובר is an abbreviated expression for הפּקדים העובר, "he who passes over to those who are numbered" (Exo 30:13), as it has been correctly interpreted by the Chald., Rashi, Abarb., and others; whereas the explanation "money that passes" (Luther), or current coin, which Thenius still defends, yields not suitable sense, since it is impossible to see why only current coin should be accepted, and not silver in bars of vessels, inasmuch as Moses had accepted gold, silver, copper, and other objects of value in natura, for the building of the tabernacle (Exo 24:2-3; Exo 35:5; Exo 36:5-6). The brevity of the expression may be explained from the fact, that עובר כּסף had become a technical term on the ground of the passage in the law already cited. The objection raised by Thenius, that the explanation adopted would be without any parallel, would, if it could be sustained, also apply to his own explanation "current money," in which עובר is also taken as an abbreviation of לסּהר עבר לסּ in Gen 23:16. There is still less ground for the other objection, that if עובר כּסף denoted one kind of temple-revenue, כּל or אישׁ would necessarily have been used. (2) ערכּו...אישׁ, "every kind of souls' valuation money;" אישׁ is more precisely defined by ערכּו, and the position in which it stands before כּסף resembles the בּתרו in Gen 15:10 -literally, soul money of each one's valuation. Thenius is wrong in his interpretation, "every kind of money of the souls according to their valuation," to which he appends the erroneous remark, that אישׁ is also used in Zac 10:1 and Joe 2:7 in connection with inanimate objects as equivalent to כּל. ערכּו...אישׁ, every kind of valuation, because both in the redemption of the male first-born (Num 18:15-16) and also in the case of persons under a vow a payment had to be made according to the valuation of the priest. (3) "All the money that cometh into any one's mind to bring into the house of the Lord," i.e., all the money which was offered as a free-will offering to the sanctuary. This money the priests were to take to themselves, every one from his acquaintance, and therewith repair all the dilapidations that were to be found in the temple. In the Chronicles the different kinds of money to be collected for this purpose are not specified; but the whole is embraced under the general expression "the taxes of Moses the servant of God, and of the congregation of Israel, to the tent of the testimony," which included not only the contribution of half a shekel for the building of the temple, which is prescribed in Exo 30:12., but also the other two taxes mentioned in this account. (Note: There is no ground either in the words or in the facts for restricting the perfectly general expression "taxes of Moses and of the congregation of Israel" to the payment mentioned in Exo 30:12, as Thenius and Bertheau have done, except perhaps the wish to find a discrepancy between the two accounts, for the purpose of being able to accuse the chronicler, if not of intentional falsification, as De Wette does, at any rate of perverting the true state of the case. The assertion of Thenius, that the yearly payment of half a shekel, which was appointed in the law and regarded as atonement-money, appears to be directly excluded in our text, is simply founded upon the interpretation given to עובר כּסף as current money, which we have already proved to be false.) Again, according to Kg2 12:7 of the Chronicles, Joash gave the following reason for his command: "For Athaliah, the wicked woman, and her sons have demolished the house of God, and all the dedicated gifts of the house of Jehovah have they used for the Baals." We are not told in what the violent treatment of demolition (פּרץ) of the temple by Athaliah had her sons consisted. The circumstance that considerable repairs even of the stonework of the temple were required in the time of Joash, about 130 or 140 years after it was built, is quite conceivable without any intentional demolition. And in no case can we infer from these words, as Thenius has done, that Athaliah or her sons had erected a temple of Baal within the limits of the sanctuary. The application of all the dedicatory offerings of the house of Jehovah to the Baals, involves nothing more than that the gifts which were absolutely necessary for the preservation of the temple and temple-service were withdrawn from the sanctuary of Jehovah and applied to the worship of Baal, and therefore that the decay of the sanctuary would necessarily follow upon the neglect of the worship.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

(5-17). Repairing of the temple (cf. Ch2 24:5-14). - Kg2 12:4, Kg2 12:5. That the temple, which had fallen into ruins, might be restored, Joash ordered the priests to collect all the money of the consecrated gifts, that was generally brought into the house of the Lord, and to effect therewith all the repairs that were needed in the temple. The general expression הקּדשׁים כּסף, money of the holy gifts, i.e., money derived from holy gifts, is more specifically defined by וגו עובר כּסף, according to which it consisted of three kinds of payments to the temple: viz., (1) עובר כּסף, i.e., money of persons mustered (or numbered in the census); עובר is an abbreviated expression for הפּקדים העובר, "he who passes over to those who are numbered" (Exo 30:13), as it has been correctly interpreted by the Chald., Rashi, Abarb., and others; whereas the explanation "money that passes" (Luther), or current coin, which Thenius still defends, yields not suitable sense, since it is impossible to see why only current coin should be accepted, and not silver in bars of vessels, inasmuch as Moses had accepted gold, silver, copper, and other objects of value in natura, for the building of the tabernacle (Exo 24:2-3; Exo 35:5; Exo 36:5-6). The brevity of the expression may be explained from the fact, that עובר כּסף had become a technical term on the ground of the passage in the law already cited. The objection raised by Thenius, that the explanation adopted would be without any parallel, would, if it could be sustained, also apply to his own explanation "current money," in which עובר is also taken as an abbreviation of לסּהר עבר לסּ in Gen 23:16. There is still less ground for the other objection, that if עובר כּסף denoted one kind of temple-revenue, כּל or אישׁ would necessarily have been used. (2) ערכּו...אישׁ, "every kind of souls' valuation money;" אישׁ is more precisely defined by ערכּו, and the position in which it stands before כּסף resembles the בּתרו in Gen 15:10 -literally, soul money of each one's valuation. Thenius is wrong in his interpretation, "every kind of money of the souls according to their valuation," to which he appends the erroneous remark, that אישׁ is also used in Zac 10:1 and Joe 2:7 in connection with inanimate objects as equivalent to כּל. ערכּו...אישׁ, every kind of valuation, because both in the redemption of the male first-born (Num 18:15-16) and also in the case of persons under a vow a payment had to be made according to the valuation of the priest. (3) "All the money that cometh into any one's mind to bring into the house of the Lord," i.e., all the money which was offered as a free-will offering to the sanctuary. This money the priests were to take to themselves, every one from his acquaintance, and therewith repair all the dilapidations that were to be found in the temple. In the Chronicles the different kinds of money to be collected for this purpose are not specified; but the whole is embraced under the general expression "the taxes of Moses the servant of God, and of the congregation of Israel, to the tent of the testimony," which included not only the contribution of half a shekel for the building of the temple, which is prescribed in Exo 30:12., but also the other two taxes mentioned in this account.

(Note: There is no ground either in the words or in the facts for restricting the perfectly general expression "taxes of Moses and of the congregation of Israel" to the payment mentioned in Exo 30:12, as Thenius and Bertheau have done, except perhaps the wish to find a discrepancy between the two accounts, for the purpose of being able to accuse the chronicler, if not of intentional falsification, as De Wette does, at any rate of perverting the true state of the case. The assertion of Thenius, that the yearly payment of half a shekel, which was appointed in the law and regarded as atonement-money, appears to be directly excluded in our text, is simply founded upon the interpretation given to עובר כּסף as current money, which we have already proved to be false.)

Again, according to Kg2 12:7 of the Chronicles, Joash gave the following reason for his command: "For Athaliah, the wicked woman, and her sons have demolished the house of God, and all the dedicated gifts of the house of Jehovah have they used for the Baals." We are not told in what the violent treatment of demolition (פּרץ) of the temple by Athaliah had her sons consisted. The circumstance that considerable repairs even of the stonework of the temple were required in the time of Joash, about 130 or 140 years after it was built, is quite conceivable without any intentional demolition. And in no case can we infer from these words, as Thenius has done, that Athaliah or her sons had erected a temple of Baal within the limits of the sanctuary. The application of all the dedicatory offerings of the house of Jehovah to the Baals, involves nothing more than that the gifts which were absolutely necessary for the preservation of the temple and temple-service were withdrawn from the sanctuary of Jehovah and applied to the worship of Baal, and therefore that the decay of the sanctuary would necessarily follow upon the neglect of the worship.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
And Jehoash said, &c. - Remembering that he owed his preservation and restoration to the temple, and that he was made by God the guardian of his temple, he now takes care to repair it. Dedicated things - The money which had been either formerly or lately vowed or dedicated to the service of God and of his house. That is brought - Or rather, that shall be brought: for though the people might vow to bring it thither in convenient time, yet it is not likely they would bring much money thither in the tyrannical and idolatrous reign of Athaliah. The money - The half shekel, which was paid for every one that was numbered from twenty years old and upward. Is set at - Heb. the money of souls, or persons according to his taxing, the money which every man that had vowed his person to God, paid according to the rate which the priest put upon him. That cometh - All that shall be freely offered.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
All the money of the dedicated things - From all this account we find that the temple was in a very ruinous state; the walls were falling down, some had perhaps actually fallen, and there was no person so zealous for the pure worship of God, as to exert himself to shore up the falling temple! The king himself seems to have been the first who noticed these dilapidations, and took measures for the necessary repairs. The repairs were made from the following sources: 1. The things which pious persons had dedicated to the service of God. 2. The free-will offerings of strangers who had visited Jerusalem: the money of every one that passeth. 3. The half-shekel which the males were obliged to pay from the age of twenty years (Exo 30:12) for the redemption of their souls, that is their lives, which is here called the money that every man is set at. All these sources had ever been in some measure open, but instead of repairing the dilapidations in the Lord's house, the priests and Levites had converted the income to their own use.

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¹ And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
² Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and say [0559] unto them, When a man [0376] shall make a singular [06381] vow [05088], the persons [05315] shall be for the LORD [03068] by thy estimation [06187].
³ And thy estimation [06187] shall be of the male [02145] from twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] even unto sixty [08346] years [08141] old [01121], even thy estimation [06187] shall be fifty [02572] shekels [08255] of silver [03701], after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944].
⁴ And if it be a female [05347], then thy estimation [06187] shall be thirty [07970] shekels [08255].
⁵ And if it be from five [02568] years [08141] old [01121] even unto twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121], then thy estimation [06187] shall be of the male [02145] twenty [06242] shekels [08255], and for the female [05347] ten [06235] shekels [08255].
⁶ And if it be from a month [02320] old [01121] even unto five [02568] years [08141] old [01121], then thy estimation [06187] shall be of the male [02145] five [02568] shekels [08255] of silver [03701], and for the female [05347] thy estimation [06187] shall be three [07969] shekels [08255] of silver [03701].
⁷ And if it be from sixty [08346] years [08141] old [01121] and above [04605]; if it be a male [02145], then thy estimation [06187] shall be fifteen [02568] [06240] shekels [08255], and for the female [05347] ten [06235] shekels [08255].
⁸ But if he be poorer [04134] than thy estimation [06187], then he shall present [05975] himself before [06440] the priest [03548], and the priest [03548] shall value [06186] him; according to [06310] his ability [03027] [05381] that vowed [05087] shall the priest [03548] value [06186] him.

¹³ This they shall give [05414], every one that passeth [05674] among [05921] them that are numbered [06485], half [04276] a shekel [08255] after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944]: (a shekel [08255] is twenty [06242] gerahs [01626]:) an half [04276] shekel [08255] shall be the offering [08641] of the LORD [03068].

² Speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and say [0559] unto them, When a man [0376] shall make a singular [06381] vow [05088], the persons [05315] shall be for the LORD [03068] by thy estimation [06187].
³ And thy estimation [06187] shall be of the male [02145] from twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] even unto sixty [08346] years [08141] old [01121], even thy estimation [06187] shall be fifty [02572] shekels [08255] of silver [03701], after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944].
⁴ And if it be a female [05347], then thy estimation [06187] shall be thirty [07970] shekels [08255].
⁵ And if it be from five [02568] years [08141] old [01121] even unto twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121], then thy estimation [06187] shall be of the male [02145] twenty [06242] shekels [08255], and for the female [05347] ten [06235] shekels [08255].
⁶ And if it be from a month [02320] old [01121] even unto five [02568] years [08141] old [01121], then thy estimation [06187] shall be of the male [02145] five [02568] shekels [08255] of silver [03701], and for the female [05347] thy estimation [06187] shall be three [07969] shekels [08255] of silver [03701].
⁷ And if it be from sixty [08346] years [08141] old [01121] and above [04605]; if it be a male [02145], then thy estimation [06187] shall be fifteen [02568] [06240] shekels [08255], and for the female [05347] ten [06235] shekels [08255].
⁸ But if he be poorer [04134] than thy estimation [06187], then he shall present [05975] himself before [06440] the priest [03548], and the priest [03548] shall value [06186] him; according to [06310] his ability [03027] [05381] that vowed [05087] shall the priest [03548] value [06186] him.

⁴ And it came to pass after [0310] this, that Joash [03101] was minded [03820] to repair [02318] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].

⁷ Then king [04428] Jehoash [03060] called [07121] for Jehoiada [03077] the priest [03548], and the other priests [03548], and said [0559] unto them, Why repair [02388] ye not the breaches [0919] of the house [01004]? now therefore receive [03947] no more money [03701] of your acquaintance [04378], but deliver [05414] it for the breaches [0919] of the house [01004].

¹² When thou takest [05375] the sum [07218] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] after their number [06485], then shall they give [05414] every man [0376] a ransom [03724] for his soul [05315] unto the LORD [03068], when thou numberest [06485] them; that there be no plague [05063] among them, when thou numberest [06485] them.

¹⁵ Every thing that openeth [06363] the matrix [07358] in all flesh [01320], which they bring [07126] unto the LORD [03068], whether it be of men [0120] or beasts [0929], shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn [01060] of man [0120] shalt thou surely [06299] redeem [06299], and the firstling [01060] of unclean [02931] beasts [0929] shalt thou redeem [06299].
¹⁶ And those that are to be redeemed [06299] from a month [02320] old [01121] shalt thou redeem [06299], according to thine estimation [06187], for the money [03701] of five [02568] shekels [08255], after the shekel [08255] of the sanctuary [06944], which is twenty [06242] gerahs [01626].

⁷ They shall run [07323] like mighty men [01368]; they shall climb [05927] the wall [02346] like men [0582] of war [04421]; and they shall march [03212] every one [0376] on his ways [01870], and they shall not break [05670] their ranks [0734]:

¹ Ask [07592] ye of the LORD [03068] rain [04306] in the time [06256] of the latter rain [04456]; so the LORD [03068] shall make [06213] bright clouds [02385], and give [05414] them showers [01653] of rain [04306], to every one [0376] grass [06212] in the field [07704].

¹⁰ And he took [03947] unto him all these, and divided [01334] them in the midst [08432], and laid [05414] each [0376] piece [01335] one against [07125] another [07453]: but the birds [06833] divided [01334] he not.

¹⁶ And Abraham [085] hearkened [08085] unto Ephron [06085]; and Abraham [085] weighed [08254] to Ephron [06085] the silver [03701], which he had named [01696] in the audience [0241] of the sons [01121] of Heth [02845], four [0702] hundred [03967] shekels [08255] of silver [03701], current [05674] money with the merchant [05503].

⁵ And they spake [0559] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559], The people [05971] bring [0935] much more [07235] than enough [01767] for the service [05656] of the work [04399], which the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] to make [06213].
⁶ And Moses [04872] gave commandment [06680], and they caused it to be proclaimed [06963] [05674] throughout the camp [04264], saying [0559], Let neither man [0376] nor woman [0802] make [06213] any more work [04399] for the offering [08641] of the sanctuary [06944]. So the people [05971] were restrained [03607] from bringing [0935].

⁵ Take [03947] ye from among you an offering [08641] unto the LORD [03068]: whosoever [03605] is of a willing [05081] heart [03820], let him bring [0935] it, an offering [08641] of the LORD [03068]; gold [02091], and silver [03701], and brass [05178],

² And Moses [04872] alone shall come near [05066] the LORD [03068]: but they shall not come nigh [05066]; neither shall the people [05971] go up [05927] with him.
³ And Moses [04872] came [0935] and told [05608] the people [05971] all the words [01697] of the LORD [03068], and all the judgments [04941]: and all the people [05971] answered [06030] with one [0259] voice [06963], and said [0559], All the words [01697] which the LORD [03068] hath said [01696] will we do [06213].

⁵ Let the priests [03548] take [03947] it to them, every man [0376] of his acquaintance [04378]: and let them repair [02388] the breaches [0919] of the house [01004], wheresoever any breach [0919] shall be found [04672].

⁴ And Jehoash [03060] said [0559] to the priests [03548], All the money [03701] of the dedicated things [06944] that is brought [0935] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], even the money [03701] of every one [0376] that passeth [05674] the account, the money [03701] that every man [05315] is set at [06187], and all the money [03701] that cometh [05927] into any man's [0376] heart [03820] to bring [0935] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068],

⁵ And he gathered together [06908] the priests [03548] and the Levites [03881], and said [0559] to them, Go out [03318] unto the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and gather [06908] of all Israel [03478] money [03701] to repair [02388] the house [01004] of your God [0430] from [01767] year [08141] to year [08141], and see that ye hasten [04116] the matter [01697]. Howbeit the Levites [03881] hastened [04116] it not.
⁶ And the king [04428] called [07121] for Jehoiada [03077] the chief [07218], and said [0559] unto him, Why hast thou not required [01875] of the Levites [03881] to bring in [0935] out of Judah [03063] and out of Jerusalem [03389] the collection [04864], according to the commandment of Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of the LORD [03068], and of the congregation [06951] of Israel [03478], for the tabernacle [0168] of witness [05715]?
⁷ For the sons [01121] of Athaliah [06271], that wicked [04849] woman, had broken up [06555] the house [01004] of God [0430]; and also all the dedicated things [06944] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] did they bestow [06213] upon Baalim [01168].
⁸ And at the king's [04428] commandment [0559] they made [06213] a [0259] chest [0727], and set [05414] it without [02351] at the gate [08179] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
⁹ And they made [05414] a proclamation [06963] through Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389], to bring in [0935] to the LORD [03068] the collection [04864] that Moses [04872] the servant [05650] of God [0430] laid upon Israel [03478] in the wilderness [04057].
¹⁰ And all the princes [08269] and all the people [05971] rejoiced [08055], and brought in [0935], and cast [07993] into the chest [0727], until they had made an end [03615].
¹¹ Now it came to pass, that at what time [06256] the chest [0727] was brought [0935] unto the king's [04428] office [06486] by the hand [03027] of the Levites [03881], and when they saw [07200] that there was much [07227] money [03701], the king's [04428] scribe [05608] and the high [07218] priest's [03548] officer [06496] came [0935] and emptied [06168] the chest [0727], and took [05375] it, and carried [07725] it to his place [04725] again [07725]. Thus they did [06213] day [03117] by day [03117], and gathered [0622] money [03701] in abundance [07230].
¹² And the king [04428] and Jehoiada [03077] gave [05414] it to such as did [06213] the work [04399] of the service [05656] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and hired [07936] masons [02672] and carpenters [02796] to repair [02318] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and also such as wrought [02796] iron [01270] and brass [05178] to mend [02388] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
¹³ So the workmen [04399] [06213] wrought [06213], and the work [04399] was [05927] perfected [0724] by them [03027], and they set [05975] the house [01004] of God [0430] in his state [04971], and strengthened [0553] it.
¹⁴ And when they had finished [03615] it, they brought [0935] the rest [07605] of the money [03701] before [06440] the king [04428] and Jehoiada [03077], whereof were made [06213] vessels [03627] for the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], even vessels [03627] to minister [08335], and to offer [05927] withal, and spoons [03709], and vessels [03627] of gold [02091] and silver [03701]. And they offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] in the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] continually [08548] all the days [03117] of Jehoiada [03077].